Summary: This message looks at Psalm 90 and Moses’ advice on how to live a life that counts. It’s a revolutionary way of making New Years resolutions.

The ball is going to be dropping in Times Square in just a few days. And 100 million Americans will head down a well-traveled path

We’re frustrated by our bad habits, by our bad choices. So, we vow to change things. We make New Year’s resolutions. We says, “This year, I’m dieting or exercising regularly or quitting smoking for good.” But by May, the stair stepper you bought is gathering dust in the closet, the diet books are sitting on the shelf unread, and the cigarettes still are in your back pocket. So, we quit. We give up.

Making resolutions is the easy part. A recent survey by psychologists at the University of Washington, found most people keep their #1 resolution for only two months. So how can we do better? God has a better idea. I call it…

Out of 150 chapters in the book of Psalms, this was the only one written by Moses – the man who God used to write the first five books of the Bible. He’s worth listening to!

Moses led God’s people from Egypt. You might remember that they were in the wilderness for 40 years. Moses saw a whole generation die. And at the end of his life, he sits down and writes. He has some observations to make.

Maybe you feel like you’ve been in the wilderness this past year.

The key verse is verse 17. And it ends this way in one translation:

Give permanence to the work of our hands.

If you want to leave a legacy, listen up. If you want your life to count after you are dead and gone, pay attention.

1. Get a God’s eye view. vv. 1-2

In verses 1 and 2, Moses is looking at God. He’s reminding us that God alone is eternal.

Lord, you have been our dwelling place in all generations. Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever you had formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.